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Author Muesse, Mark W. (Mark William), 1957- author.

Title The age of the sages : the axial age in Asia and the Near East / Mark W. Muesse
Published Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Age of the Sages; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Timeline; Introduction: What Was the Axial Age?; West Asia; The Noble Ones; The Life of Zoroaster; Zoroaster's Legacy; South Asia; South Asia before the Axial Age; The Start of the Indian Axial Age; Death and Rebirth; The Quest for Liberation; The Vedantic Solution; The One and the Many; The Life of Siddhattha Gotama; "I Am Awake"; Why We Suffer; The Noble Path; From Buddha to Buddhism; Jainism; East Asia; East Asia before the Axial Age; The World of Confucius; The Foundations of Confucianism; The Cultivation of Virtue
Early Confucianism and the Rise of DaoismThe Daodejing; Daoist Politics and Mysticism; Conclusion: Reflections on the Axial Age; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle side by side, we are able to see more clearly the questions with which they struggled, their similarities and differences, and how their ideas have influenced religious thought down to our day
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index
Notes English
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Subject Taoism -- History
Confucianism -- History
Jainism -- History
Buddhism -- History.
Judaism -- History.
Hinduism -- History.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- General.
Buddhism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Jainism
Judaism
Religion
Taoism
SUBJECT East Asia -- Religion
South Asia -- Religion
Middle East -- Religion
Subject East Asia
Middle East
South Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781451438611
1451438613